Alone on the Wall – The Ultimate Limits of Adventure

Alex Honnold is thirty years old, and perhaps the world’s best ‹free-solo›
climber, scaling impossible rock faces without ropes, pitons or support of any
kind. There is a purity to Alex’s climbs that is easy to comprehend, but
impossible to fathom; in the last forty years, only a handful of climbers have
pushed ‹free soloing› to the razor-edge of risk. Half of them are dead.

From Yosemite’s famous Half Dome to the frighteningly difficult El Sendero
Luminoso in Mexico, Alone on the Wall is structured around Alex’s seven most
extraordinary climbing achievements so far. These are tales to make your palms
sweat and your feet curl from vertigo. Together, they get to the heart of how
– and why – Alex does what he does. Exciting, uplifting and truly awe-
inspiring, Alone on the Wall is a book about the essential truths of risk and
reward, and the ability to maintain a singular focus, even in the face of
extreme danger.

Binding: Paperback